MAUNDERED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

maundered

verb

past tense of maunder

as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly maundered all over town on his day off

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as in rambled

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour

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as in complained

chiefly British to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a couple of mates maundering over their beer in a dark corner of the pub

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

Verb

With six minutes left in a laugher, Walker, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, had rambled for 173 yards on 23 carries and had scored twice.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2026
Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.

— Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026

Definition of rambled

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Irvine's sister, aunts and cousins attended Romero's court hearing in New York City Thursday and complained to reporters that the former police officer was allegedly receiving special treatment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Prior Justice Department inspectors general have long complained about the limitations to their authority to investigate certain types of attorney misconduct.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of complained

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So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Profitability concerns have rattled the AI trade in recent weeks as revenues coming in from frontier models Anthropic and OpenAI have disappointed analysts.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of rattled

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Jean-Pierre took photos of celebrities arriving in flamboyant velvet suits, matching fur coats, towering hats, and golden platform shoes that screamed confidence and pride.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Peralta pumped a fist and screamed joyfully walking off the mound in the sixth after fanning Petey Halpin swinging at a 3-2 changeup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of screamed

Verb

For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifted

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The Daily Mail reports some major catfighting went on backstage, with many participants green with envy assuming that momager Kris Jenner clinched the deal.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Thousands of California state workers on Wednesday flooded the streets of downtown Sacramento and communities across the Golden State as the largest state worker union — with about 100,000 members — went on strike.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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